Nonlinear convection in a rotating annulus with a finite gap

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 499-518

  Chen, C X ^a   Zhang, Keke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Bussse annulus; Rotating convection

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATIONS; BUSSSE ANNULUS; ROTATING CONVECTION; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

ROTATING MACHINERY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ROTATING MACHINERY;

BIFURCATION; BUOYANCY; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROTATING FLUID; ROTATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 2442703472     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309192021000071320     Document Type: Article

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